Create your own at Storyboard ThatThemaingistofthestoryisthedeadliestearthquakesinSouthCarolinaandaroundtheUnitedStates.TheworstearthquakeshappenedinCharleston1886andtheUnionCountyEarthquakeof1913.CaroliniansfirstreportedfeelinganearthquakeinFebruary1698,andin2002SouthCarolinaexperiencedclosetoabout180earthquakes.﻿ThegiantCharlestonearthquakeofAugust31,1886isthebiggestearthquakeintheSoutheasternUnitedStates.Ithadamagnitudeof7.3andaintensityofaXntheMercalliIntensityScaleofItoXII.Tothisdaytherehavebeenhundredsofterribleearthquakesthatsomestillhavenot100%recoveredfromtoday.